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Israel Police release evidence of incitement from four West Bank residents, March 30, 2025.

Israel Police arrest four for incitement, terror support on Temple Mount

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Muslims pray on the first Friday of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City, March 7, 2025

Tens of thousands of Muslims hold Ramadan prayers on Temple Mount

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinians walk near the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in September 2024.

To ascend or not? Rabbi and tour guide share contrasting views on the Temple Mount

By Raphael Poch

MUSLIM WORSHIPERS attend Friday prayers during Ramadan at the al-Aqsa compound last March. For Hamas and its supporters, the war with Israel is a war for the Temple Mount, the writer contends.

Israeli security chiefs push to limit Temple Mount access ahead of Ramadan

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The cradle of the conflict: An ex-religious Jew climbs the Temple Mount

By YONATAN VERSTANDIG

Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the preacher of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, sits in his living room after an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem, February 21, 2024.

MKs visit Sheikh who eulogized Hamas leader Haniyeh, sparking new concerns

NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER Itamar Ben-Gvir in Jerusalem’s Old City, after his visit to the Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, Aug. 13.

There is no Temple Mount status quo – Wakf, Palestinians trampled it

By MICHAEL FREUND

The Dome of the Rock and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City as viewed from the Mount of Olives. This place should be for all who are interested in free and safe access and peaceful worship together, the writer maintains.

‘Jewish myth:’ In Arab world, many still refuse to accept existence of the Temples

Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the preacher of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, sits in his living room after an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem, February 21, 2024.

Israel Police arrest al-Aqsa sheikh for incitement after eulogizing Ismail Haniyeh

By Yuval Barnea

Worshipers hold Friday prayer in Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City November 3, 2023

Hamas's failure to exploit Ramadan for terror is a win for Israel, worshippers

By JPOST EDITORIAL

A drone view shows the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, at sunrise on the last Friday of Ramadan, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem's Old City April 5, 2024.

Police arrest eight for chants supporting Hamas on Temple Mount

Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite armed groups watch a televised speech by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, ahead of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, in Baghdad, Iraq, April 3, 2024.

Israel will pay a 'heavy price' for strikes, Iranian president says

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Recruiting for the Palestinian struggle: "The Jews want to take over Al-Aqsa."

Ramadan powder keg: The Temple Mount in the eye of the storm

By Prof. Yitzhak Reiter

Benjamin Netanyahu, Itamar Ben Gabir in the Knesset

Netanyahu rejecting Ben-Gvir's Ramadan demand signals a return to sanity

By Ehud Yatom

Muslim worshippers take part in the evening 'Tarawih' prayers during of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City March 10, 2024.

First night of Ramadan marred by crowding, scuffle in Jerusalem

TENS OF thousands of Muslim worshipers pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during Ramadan, in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 2023.

Is the media about to ignite World War III?

Palestinians demonstrate at Al-Aqsa Mosque as Palestinian Muslims attend Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 7, 2023.

Why Ramadan at al-Aqsa is an annual flashpoint of violence

By SIMCHA PASKO/THE MEDIA LINE

The Temple Mount, and al-Aqsa Mosque, seen behind a fence of barbed wire, Jerusalem, February 2024

Netanyahu, police wait until last minute for Ramadan Temple Mount decision

By SHLOMI HELLER